Thu 23 May 2019: A new app aimed at making women feel safer on public transport has been launched in Japan. The ‘Digi Police’ app allows users to press an icon labelled ‘repel groper’, which produces a message that says ‘there is a groper here. Please help’. With a second push of the icon, the […]
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Wed 22 May 2019: Huawei announces cut-price premium phones with quad cameras and top-end chips Huawei’s Honor is trying to dominate the increasingly crowded cut-price premium phone market with the launch of two new top-spec phones, the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro, flying in the face of the US blockade. With Apple, Samsung and now Huawei ceding […]
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Avaaz uncovers 500 accounts using fake news to spread white supremacy message A web of far-right Facebook accounts spreading fake news and hate speech to millions of people across Europe has been uncovered by the campaign group Avaaz. Facebook, which is struggling to clean up the platform and salvage its reputation, has already taken down accounts with […]
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Tue 21 May 2019: The restrictions being placed on Huawei’s access to the Android operating system will cast a long shadow over Tuesday’s launch of the Chinese company’s latest handsets. The firm has invited press from across the globe to London to witness the unveiling of its Honor 20 Series smartphones. The BBC understands the […]
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Mon 20 May 2019: We will need to update or download WhatsApp at some points, for example, when we would like to get WhatsApp new features (The latest version, 2.19.137 fixes some bugs and since 2.17.79 allows users to protect accounts with two-step verification, post photos, videos to Status, it is safer to use WhatsApp), or when […]
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Mon 20 May 2019: A popular sniper-mission video game encouraging players to assassinate a journalist has been pulled by its developer after media reports exposed the controversial shooting scene. ‘Sniper 3D Assassin’ was a free game on Apple devices as well as gaming platform Steam, and was available on Amazon, Google and Microsoft app stores. […]
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Sat 18 May 2019: Malaysian police say a 16-year-old girl killed herself earlier this week, after she asked her Instagram followers whether she should live or die. The Malaysian teenager had hosted a poll on her Instagram story, with the question: “Really Important, Help Me Choose D / L”, where D stood for death, while […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: WhatsApp’s latest security flaw allegedly allowed governments to spy on dissidents, activists and journalists around the world. An Israeli cyber company is reportedly behind the loophole — and not for the first time. The messaging app WhatsApp identified a security loophole that allowed attackers to install spyware on phones using the app’s regular […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: Telkom says 5G will cost a lot more in South Africa than 4G – and it has no plans to launch the technology in South Africa. 5G promises to be more reliable and up to be 20 times faster than 4G. Rain, Vodacom, and MTN all plan to roll out 5G […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch massacre. People who have broken certain rules, including those against “dangerous organizations and individuals,” will be restricted from using the Facebook Live streaming feature, said vice president of […]
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